The "digital divide" is only a North American term, where our concept of poverty is much different than the rest of the world. We need to get our priorities straight.
"Since most solid tumors take 10 to 15 years to develop, it is probably too soon to see an effect"
If you did a study of the effect of smoking on people who have only been smoking for three years, it would be almost impossible for scientists to prove that smoking is harmful, since it is prolonged smoking that causes the most harm. The same could apply to cell phones.
And one more thing: is it a coincidence that a study that found no link between cell phones and cancer was funded by the Wireless Technology Research industry goup? I wondering how much of a stake Nokia has in this group...
A quote from Chris Hansen, a senior staff attorney for the ACLU: "More than 100 years of local control of libraries and the strong tradition of allowing adults to decide for themselves what they want to read is being casually set aside."
has got to be the best console multiplayer first person shooter. Perfect Dark is good, but it doesn't match the addictiveness of GE.
"No Oddjob or Moonraker Elite!"
There should be a greater availability of audio books, although it's pretty difficult to concentrate and to work at the same time... that doesn't seem to stop us from reading slashdot:)
The point is, the manufacturer is trying to deny any responsibility. They can claim they provided a warning, so they're trying to pass the fault to the customer if they get caught. Whether it would stand up in court is a different question...
but seriously folks, screen shots are VERY useful for software testing, especially GUI intensive apps. Bug reports have to be detailed enough to communicate the problem as well as how to reproduce them. "A picture is worth a thousand words," so it sure saves a lot of typing in the bug tracking system!
Who would have time to test every single change that every programmer made? I believe it would be very difficult to maintain version control if the source was allowed to be modified in such fashion. It would be difficult to keep parallel versions of the code out of circulation.
I suppose the solution would be to only allow a limited number of programmers to attempt modifications. Slashdot moderation, perhaps?
As a resident of Vancouver BC, I have had the (mis)fortune of driving behind electric buses. The article seems to imply that electric buses should be incorporated into metropolitan transit infrastructure, yet it fails to mention the unreliability of these buses. Their electric contacts, which are mounted on two large rods that are able to swivel, constantly get dislodged or somehow malfunction. As a result, these buses produce massive traffic jams whenever this happens. Another problem is the inability of electric buses to change more than one lane, so that if there is an obstruction, they cannot drive around it.
The costs of maintenance and inconvenience must be factored in when considering this mode of transportation.
According to a story on the CBC website, a company in Ontario is trying to convince the Atomic Energy Control Board to let them restart a 30 year old nuclear power plant.
Now the Russians can sit back and watch us. It doesn't seem so negligible when it's in our neck of the woods...
The code itself would be benign, except when people make simple modifications to it... Then Hollywood would have to go after the countless people who made the modifications! Impossible!
In B.C., we have photo radar where cameras take pictures of speeding cars' licence plates. As a result, several entrepreneurs have created a licence plate "cleaner" with a big warning: WARNING: This cleaner may inadvertantly cause poor images of licence plates when using flash photography.
When we start getting 3d video cards in those cheap PCs it will be very hard to justify buying a limited machine only for games when one can get a general purpose computer capable of playing the same games.
Aren't consoles becoming more general purpose already? Look at the PS2, it plays both PS1 and PS2 games, plus CDs and DVDs. Plus USB, firewire, and other expansion options including networking...
Consoles will be moving towards becoming multi-purpose units, and will draw customers away from the PC market...
Any predictions about RAM or Hard Drives in five years? Compared the progression of CPU speeds, increases in memory speed and capacity has been almost static. Perhaps RAMBUS can start suing for royalties even before they develop their PC750000 RIMM
A loss of the OS marketshare by Microsoft would cause a mass conversion to Macintosh, since Apple practically invented Windows anyways. We must remember that the appeal of Windows for the average user is the simplicity and ease of use. Until linux can match the user-friendlyness of Windows and MacOS, it won't be able to attract enough users to make up for Microsoft's loss. Teens just want to play mp3s; Grandma's just want to sell crafts on ebay. In today's world, not only the nerd owns a computer...
Remind you of Highschool? One guy slacks off while the other works, and they share the credit... Also consider the stress factor of War Rooms, they may seem more productive, but in the long run this environment may cause more burn-outs and a high personel turn-over.
What about Yahoo? I think it's safe to say that "yahoo" was a fairly well known expression before the Internet existed, but I'd bet that if someone started using yahoo.tv, Yahoo.com's lawyers would be all over them like flies on $#!T
The Idle and Non-Idle rich should learn from those who paid western climbers to practically drag them up Mt. Everest. The result can be tragic. Read Into Thin Air by John Krakauer.
Working for a small tech company, I beleive that smaller companies tend to have better labour relations, perhaps because the executives have closer relationships with the employees.
I'm sure Bill or Steve don't hang out with the receptionists...
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The "digital divide" is only a North American term, where our concept of poverty is much different than the rest of the world. We need to get our priorities straight.
If you did a study of the effect of smoking on people who have only been smoking for three years, it would be almost impossible for scientists to prove that smoking is harmful, since it is prolonged smoking that causes the most harm. The same could apply to cell phones.
And one more thing: is it a coincidence that a study that found no link between cell phones and cancer was funded by the Wireless Technology Research industry goup? I wondering how much of a stake Nokia has in this group...
A quote from Chris Hansen, a senior staff attorney for the ACLU: "More than 100 years of local control of libraries and the strong tradition of allowing adults to decide for themselves what they want to read is being casually set aside."
has got to be the best console multiplayer first person shooter. Perfect Dark is good, but it doesn't match the addictiveness of GE. "No Oddjob or Moonraker Elite!"
Is this nerdy enough?
hey, you were lucky. I got taught Pascal, Hypercard and Director...
There should be a greater availability of audio books, although it's pretty difficult to concentrate and to work at the same time... that doesn't seem to stop us from reading slashdot :)
I don't know anything, I'm just trying to get Karma to mod bitches like you.
The point is, the manufacturer is trying to deny any responsibility. They can claim they provided a warning, so they're trying to pass the fault to the customer if they get caught. Whether it would stand up in court is a different question...
but seriously folks, screen shots are VERY useful for software testing, especially GUI intensive apps. Bug reports have to be detailed enough to communicate the problem as well as how to reproduce them. "A picture is worth a thousand words," so it sure saves a lot of typing in the bug tracking system!
I suppose the solution would be to only allow a limited number of programmers to attempt modifications. Slashdot moderation, perhaps?
You gotta love it when there's something blocking the lane, and the bus doesn't have enough length on its contacts to pass it. So you sit and wait...
The costs of maintenance and inconvenience must be factored in when considering this mode of transportation.
Now the Russians can sit back and watch us. It doesn't seem so negligible when it's in our neck of the woods...
The code itself would be benign, except when people make simple modifications to it... Then Hollywood would have to go after the countless people who made the modifications! Impossible!
In B.C., we have photo radar where cameras take pictures of speeding cars' licence plates. As a result, several entrepreneurs have created a licence plate "cleaner" with a big warning: WARNING: This cleaner may inadvertantly cause poor images of licence plates when using flash photography.
SUE ME!
When we start getting 3d video cards in those cheap PCs it will be very hard to justify buying a limited machine only for games when one can get a general purpose computer capable of playing the same games. Aren't consoles becoming more general purpose already? Look at the PS2, it plays both PS1 and PS2 games, plus CDs and DVDs. Plus USB, firewire, and other expansion options including networking... Consoles will be moving towards becoming multi-purpose units, and will draw customers away from the PC market...
Any predictions about RAM or Hard Drives in five years? Compared the progression of CPU speeds, increases in memory speed and capacity has been almost static. Perhaps RAMBUS can start suing for royalties even before they develop their PC750000 RIMM
A loss of the OS marketshare by Microsoft would cause a mass conversion to Macintosh, since Apple practically invented Windows anyways. We must remember that the appeal of Windows for the average user is the simplicity and ease of use. Until linux can match the user-friendlyness of Windows and MacOS, it won't be able to attract enough users to make up for Microsoft's loss. Teens just want to play mp3s; Grandma's just want to sell crafts on ebay. In today's world, not only the nerd owns a computer...
Remind you of Highschool? One guy slacks off while the other works, and they share the credit... Also consider the stress factor of War Rooms, they may seem more productive, but in the long run this environment may cause more burn-outs and a high personel turn-over.
What about Yahoo? I think it's safe to say that "yahoo" was a fairly well known expression before the Internet existed, but I'd bet that if someone started using yahoo.tv, Yahoo.com's lawyers would be all over them like flies on $#!T
The Idle and Non-Idle rich should learn from those who paid western climbers to practically drag them up Mt. Everest. The result can be tragic. Read Into Thin Air by John Krakauer.
Working for a small tech company, I beleive that smaller companies tend to have better labour relations, perhaps because the executives have closer relationships with the employees. I'm sure Bill or Steve don't hang out with the receptionists...
They mush up potato flakes into paste and then cut them out into the same shape.